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Robert John Wagner Jr. is also known for starring in the
television shows It Takes a Thief (1968–1970), Switch
(1975–1978), and Hart to Hart (1979–1984). He later had
recurring roles on Two and a Half Men (2007–2008) and
NCIS (2010–2019).
On February 10, 1996, after three hours, world chess champion
Garry Kasparov lost the first game of a six-game match against
Deep Blue, an IBM computer capable of evaluating 200 million
moves per second.
Man was ultimately victorious over machine, however, as
Kasparov bested Deep Blue in the match with three wins
and two ties and took home the $400,000 prize.
An estimated 6 million people worldwide followed the action
online.
Garry Kasparov will be 62 years old April 13th.
On February 10, 2014, Shirley Temple Black, who as a child in the
1930s became one of Hollywood’s most successful stars, died at
her Woodside, California, home at age 85.
The plucky, curly-haired performer sang, danced and acted in
dozens of films by the time she was a teen; as an adult, she
gave up making movies and served as a U.S. diplomat
under four presidents.
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On February 10, 1962, American spy pilot Francis Gary Powers
was released by the Soviets in exchange for Soviet Colonel
Rudolf Abel, a senior KGB spy who was caught in the United
States five years earlier.
The German bridge where Rudolf Abel, top left, and Gary Powers.
A bird’s-eye view of Germany’s Glienicke Bridge, a crossing
the Soviet Union and the United States used to exchange captured spies during the Cold War.
